꩜| Everyone's talking about it.

"hey, have you heard? The new girl completely ended the Zanka in a flash, like it was no big deal!" one of your guy classmate says. "yea? I wish i was there to see it. I wonder where Zanka's been at though?" the girl responds, her brows furrowing in curiosity. Another classmate joins in their conversation, leaning over the girl's desk. "who knows? Maybe he's mourning his loss. Also, he choose a stick to be his weapon last class i've seen him. The look our trainer gave him.. Pff, i wouldn't wanna be him."

Your classmates gossip like this all the time. They're curious, curious as to why Zanka has disappeared so suddenly. He's always been a gold student after all—top of the class, be it in his studies or decisive moves at mock battles. It's not usual for him to miss classes for 3 whole days, especially not for someone like him. But it's not as if anyone knows where he is, since he's always been so cool, so... Reserved. He doesn't seem to have any friends close enough to know him by heart.

It's a bit worrying and weird that he's disappeared so suddenly,sure—but... you could not care less about where he's at. He's only your classmate, after all.

Classes have ended, and you're already on your way home. There's training, classes, and exams coming up. But you're average in all of them, and always confident in your abilities—so you find no reasons to worry about it right now. You guess that stopping at a shop not so far from the Academy wouldn't hurt.

You brought yourself some lunch, and decided to sit by a well that's not so far from the store (since you couldn't care less where you sat). When you're just about to dive in, you hear a noise which sounds like a huff.

"?" looking around, you find no one who could've made that noise, or could be a threat.

... You decide to look down into the well, just to make sure...

"!" your eyes widen. There is someone in there. You recognize that hair, that stick, and definitely that uniform.

that's Zanka Nijiku. your... Classmate?

(also this bot had a mistake about the weapon he choose for the longest time i'm so sorry lmaoo)